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Step 6: Install MariaDB MaxScale

Overview

This page details step 6 of the 9-step procedure "Deploy ColumnStore Object Storage Topology".

This step installs MariaDB MaxScale 22.08.

ColumnStore Object Storage requires 1 or more MaxScale nodes.

Interactive commands are detailed. Alternatively, the described operations can be performed using automation.

Retrieve Customer Download Token

MariaDB Corporation provides package repositories for CentOS / RHEL (YUM) and Debian / Ubuntu (APT). A download token is required to access the MariaDB Enterprise Repository.

Customer Download Tokens are customer-specific and are available through the MariaDB Customer Portal.

To retrieve the token for your account:

1. Navigate to https://customers.mariadb.com/downloads/token/

2. Log in.

3. Copy the Customer Download Token.

Substitute your token for CUSTOMER_DOWNLOAD_TOKEN when configuring the package repositories.

Set Up Repository

1. On the MaxScale node, install the prerequisites for downloading the software from the Web. Install on CentOS / RHEL (YUM):

$ sudo yum install curl

Install on Debian / Ubuntu (APT):

$ sudo apt install curl apt-transport-https

2. On the MaxScale node, configure package repositories and specify MariaDB MaxScale 22.08:

$ curl -LsSO https://dlm.mariadb.com/enterprise-release-helpers/mariadb_es_repo_setup

$ echo "99ea6c55dbf32bfc42cdcd05c892aebc5e51b06f4c72ec209031639d6e7db9fe  mariadb_es_repo_setup" \
       | sha256sum -c -

$ chmod +x mariadb_es_repo_setup

$ sudo ./mariadb_es_repo_setup --token="CUSTOMER_DOWNLOAD_TOKEN" --apply \
      --skip-server \
      --skip-tools \
      --mariadb-maxscale-version="22.08"

Install MaxScale

On the MaxScale node, install MariaDB MaxScale.

Install on CentOS / RHEL (YUM):

$ sudo yum install maxscale

Install on Debian / Ubuntu (APT):

$ sudo apt install maxscale

Next Step

Navigation in the procedure "Deploy ColumnStore Object Storage Topology":

This page was step 6 of 9.

Next: Step 7: Start and Configure MariaDB MaxScale.

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